After a separate jury convicted his cohort, jury deliberations began Friday in the trial of a felon accused of fatally shooting a 61-year-old man guarding a 460-acre marijuana grow in Anza.

Brandon Noll Pollard, 33, of Escondido, allegedly killed Khamsene Singnolay in 2019.

Pollard’s co-defendant, 33-year-old Maxwell Hakole Reynolds of Anza, was found guilty by a separate jury on Thursday of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping to commit robbery, special circumstance allegations of lying in wait and killing in the course of a robbery, as well as sentence-enhancing gun use allegations.

Reynolds’ jury deliberated less than a day before returning with unanimous verdicts. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Timothy Freer set a sentencing hearing for him on Sept. 12 at the Southwe

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